The Bush administrations and Saddam Hussein : deciding on conflict /
The authors analyse the foreign policy-making processes of the two Bush administrations prior to the attacks on Iraq. In a systematic comparison, they show how both presidents used historical analogies to evaluate information, relied on instinct to formulate decisions, and drew on moral language to...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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Publisher Address: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : |
Publication Dates: | March 2013. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | Second edition, First Palgrave Macmillan paperback edition. |
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Advances in foreign policy analysis
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The authors analyse the foreign policy-making processes of the two Bush administrations prior to the attacks on Iraq. In a systematic comparison, they show how both presidents used historical analogies to evaluate information, relied on instinct to formulate decisions, and drew on moral language to justify their choices. |
Item Description: | Originally published in hardback: 2006. |
Carrier Form: | xviii, 219 pages ; 21 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-212) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781137320926 : 1137320923 |
Index Number: | E183 |
CLC: | D871.223.77 |
Call Number: | D871.223.77/H992 |